Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

===Public schools===
[[File:McNair Acad HS JC jeh.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School]]|alt=]]
The [[Jersey City Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised 39 schools, had an enrollment of 27,134 students and 2,110.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407830&DistrictID=3407830 District information for Jersey City Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>

High schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]])<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407830 School Data for the Jersey City Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> are
[[William L. Dickinson High School]] Academy of the Sciences<ref>[https://wdhs.jcboe.org/ Academy of the Sciences at William L. Dickinson High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (2,046; 9–12), [[James J. Ferris High School]] Academy of International Enterprise<ref>[https://jfhs.jcboe.org/ Academy of International Enterprise at James J. Ferris High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (1,292; 9–12), [[Infinity Institute]]<ref>[https://ii.jcboe.org/ Infinity Institute], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (485; 6–12), [[Innovation High School]]<ref>[https://ihs.jcboe.org/ Innovation High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (286; 9–12), [[Liberty High School (New Jersey)|Liberty High School]]<ref>[https://lhs.jcboe.org/ Liberty High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (210; 9–12), [[Lincoln High School (Jersey City, New Jersey)|Lincoln High School]] Academy of Governance and Social Sciences<ref>[https://alhs.jcboe.org/ Academy of Governance and Social Sciences at Lincoln High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (949; 9–12), [[Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School]]<ref>[https://mhs.jcboe.org/ Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (704; 9–12), Renaissance Institute<ref>[https://ri.jcboe.org/ Renaissance Institute], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (NA; 9–12) and [[Henry Snyder High School]] Academy of the Arts<ref>[https://hshs.jcboe.org/ Academy of the Arts at Henry Snyder High School], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref> (800; 9–12).<ref>[https://www.jcboe.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1537124&type=d&pREC_ID=1670255 High Schools], Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/17/2390 School Performance Reports for the Jersey City Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 25, 2023.</ref>

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School was the first-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked second in 2008 out of 316 schools.<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-high-schools-2010.html "2010 Top High Schools"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', August 16, 2010. Accessed December 21, 2011.</ref> and was selected as 41st best high school in the United States in ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine's national 2011 survey.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/36_nj_high_schools_named_among.html "36 N.J. high schools named among Newsweek's top 1000 in America"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 21, 2011. Accessed December 21, 2011.</ref> William L. Dickinson High School is the oldest high school in the city and one of the largest schools in Hudson County in terms of student population. Opened in 1906 as the Jersey City High School it is one of the oldest school sites in the city, it is a four-story [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] building located on a hilltop facing the Hudson River.<ref>Goodnough, Abby. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/once-upon-a-time-when-high-schools-were-palaces.html "Once Upon a Time, When High Schools Were Palaces"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 6, 1996. Accessed December 21, 2011. "NINETY years ago, an enormous Beaux Arts building went up on a hill overlooking the Hudson River. It had Corinthian columns, terrazzo floors and a vestibule lined with English marble. It could have passed for a palace, or at least a palatial estate. But it was neither. It was, in fact, William L. Dickinson High School, the first public secondary school in Jersey City.... When it opened in 1906, Dickinson had a 2,000-seat auditorium used not just for school functions but for political debates, plays and concerts."</ref>

Among Jersey City's elementary and middle schools is [[Academy I Middle School]] and Frank R. Conwell Middle School #4, which is part of the Academic Enrichment Program for Gifted Students. Another school is Alexander D. Sullivan P.S. #30, an ESL magnet school in the Greenville district, which serves nearly 800 Pre-k through 5th grade students.<ref>[http://www.jcboe.org/boe2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412&Itemid=1017 Alexander D. Sullivan School – PS 30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312162051/http://www.jcboe.org/boe2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412&Itemid=1017 |date=March 12, 2016}}, Jersey City Public Schools. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref>

The [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]] (which also has campuses in [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]] and [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]) has a campus in Jersey City, which includes [[County Prep High School]].<ref>[http://www.hcstonline.org/district/Schools/tabid/160/Default.aspx High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105211559/http://www.hcstonline.org/district/Schools/tabid/160/Default.aspx |date=November 5, 2011}}, [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]]. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref>

Jersey City also has 12 [[charter school]]s, which are run under a special charter granted by the Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Education]], including the Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science Charter School (for grades 6–12) and the Dr. Lena Edwards Charter School (for K–8), which were approved in January 2011.<ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/01/state_approves_2_new_jersey_ci.html "State approves 2 New Jersey City charter schools"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', January 19, 2011. Accessed November 16, 2011.</ref> BelovED Community Charter School opened in 2012.<ref>Ojutiku, Max. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/04/jersey_city_charter_schools_buys_site_for_12m_midd.html "Jersey City charter school to build $12M middle school"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 21, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2016.</ref>